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Historical Event on 1/12/1993

Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/7/1994India and Iran sign three MoU in Tehran.
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
2/19/1993Firuz Shah captured the throne of Delhi and Sultan Jalal'ud-din Khalji called himself.
10/10/1991Anantrao Laxmanrao Kulmarni, editor of monthly magzine 'Sajjangad' and weekly 'Samarth', died.
6/15/1908Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened.
8/14/1996Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died.
11/5/1928R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
3/30/1993Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
8/19/1946Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.